Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities to Submit Annual Report; Contents of Report

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Thecommissioner of behavioral health and developmental disabilities shall submit an annual report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the House Education Committee, the Senate Education and Youth Committee, the House Health and Human Services Committee, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, the Governor, and the Governor's Office for Children and Families. The report shall contain a copy of the updated State Plan for the Coordinated System of Care. The report shall also contain the following information on severely and emotionally disturbed children and adolescents receiving services directly or indirectly through the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Education, or any other state agency:

  1. The number and ages of children in out-of-state residential facilities;
  2. The number and ages of children in in-state residential facilities;
  3. The number and ages of children in nonresidential treatment;
  4. Annual public funds expended for out-of-state placements, the sources of such funds, and the average cost per child of such out-of-state placement;
  5. Annual public funds expended for in-state residential placements, the sources of such funds, and their average cost per child of such in-state residential placement;
  6. Annual public funds expended for nonresidential treatment, the sources of such funds, and the average cost per child of such nonresidential treatment;
  7. The average length of stay in out-of-state and in-state placements; and
  8. The number and ages of children placed in out-of-home treatment compared to the total number of children in each county of the state.

(Code 1981, §49-5-224, enacted by Ga. L. 1990, p. 1798, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 435, § 17; Ga. L. 2005, p. 48, § 6/HB 309; Ga. L. 2008, p. 568, § 12/HB 1054; Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, §§ 9, 14/HB 117; Ga. L. 2009, p. 453, §§ 3-2, 3-3/HB 228.)

Editor's notes.

- Ga. L. 2008, p. 568, § 1/HB 1054, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act may be cited as the 'Children and Family Services Strengthening Act of 2008.'"

Ga. L. 2008, p. 568, § 2/HB 1054, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "The General Assembly finds that well-intentioned efforts over the years have resulted in the creation of several agencies focused on preventing child abuse and juvenile delinquency, on serving at-risk families and troubled youth, and on promoting the improvement of our state's child welfare system. The General Assembly further finds that the work of some of these agencies overlaps, and that the at-risk families and troubled children of Georgia will be more efficiently and effectively served by consolidating the Children and Youth Coordinating Council with the Children's Trust Fund Commission, by placing the functions of the Georgia Child Fatality Review Panel under the supervision of the Child Advocate for the Protection of Children, and by encouraging these consolidated agencies to collaborate to create a consistent vision for serving the needs of our state's families in need."

Ga. L. 2009, p. 303, § 20/HB 117, not codified by the General Assembly, provides that: "This Act is intended to reflect the current internal organization of the Georgia Senate and House of Representatives and is not otherwise intended to change substantive law. In the event of a conflict with any other Act of the 2009 General Assembly, such other Act shall control over this Act."

Law reviews.

- For note on 1991 amendment of this Code section, see 8 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 21 (1992).


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